Carrier-table attachment



-J'. P. DAMM CARRIER TABLE ATTACHMENT INVENTOR.

,nunugzzliul ATTORNEY.

Patented ll/iay 29, 1223.

UNETEE STATES titan PATENT @FIFEE.

CARRIER-TABLE ATTACHMENT.

Application filed August 8, 1921. Serial No. 490,528.

To all whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, Join: PETER DAMM, a citizen of Germany, residing atTechny, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Carrier-Table Attachments, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in paper feeding mechanism andmore particularly to a carrier table attachment to in sure straightfeeding of the paper stock into a paper folding machine. The device isadapted for use as an attachment to standard folding machines of whichwhat is known as the Cleveland may be mentioned as a type.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fullydescribed, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing which forms a part of this application and in whichFig. 1 is a top plan'view of a carrier table equipped with my auxiliaryfeeding and guiding mechanism.

Fig. 2 is a side view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of a belt guide employed.

Fig. 4t is a View of a belt adjusting device employed.

Lilte reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout theseveral views.

The reference numeral 1 denotes the frame of the feed table at the endsof which I arrange a pair of rollers, 2, 3 one of which is gearconnectedto the driving mechanism of the feed rollers 4, said feed rollers 4being the rollers ordinarily used on tables of this class and disposedat an oblique angle to the sides of the frame. The roller 2 is sogear-connected to the driving mechanism that it rotates at a speed inexcess of that of the feed rollers 4, the roller 3 being an idler.

The natural tendency of the feed rollers i in operation is to guide thepaper against the table side guide 5 but these rollers are ofteninefiicient in this capacity with the result that the paper is notalways fed straight into the machine. The rollers 2, 3 are connected bythe belt 6 which is caused to travel through rotation of the roller 2,the position of the rollers 2, 3 in the frame being such that the belt 6travels immediately above the table rollers 4:.

A bracket 7 secured to the frame of the table carries a casting 8 at oneend on which a roller 9 is arranged that serves as a guide for the belt6; the opposite end of the bracket 7 is bifurcated to adjustably supportthe belt tightener which comprises the L-shaped screw 10 threaded atboth ends and moved relatively to the bracket through the medium of thenut- 11, said screw being provided also with the belt-shifting nut 12over which the belt passes, said nut 12 being movable upon the screw toadjust the belt laterally to or away from one side of the table.

The paper when placed upon the rollers 4 to be fed into the machine andfolded is placed partially upon the belt 6 also and the same running ata speed in excess of that of the rollers t shifts the paper laterally ofthe table in a positive manner and keeps it always in contact with thetable side guide 5 so that it is fed straight into the foldingmechanism.

What is claimed is 1. In paper feeding mechanism, the combination with acarrier table, of rollers arranged in the ends of the table, a beltconnecting said rollers, and manually operable means ror regulating thetension of said belt and of shifting the same laterally.

2. In paper feeding mechan sm, the combination with the carrier table,of rollers arranged in the ends of the table, a belt connecting saidrollers and being disposed contiguous to the table side guide andtravelling immediately above the table feed rolls, and means forregulating the tension of said belt and of adjusting the same laterally.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedby signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

